Date: 23 Sep 1996 15:13:25 +0100
From: Peter Flynn <pflynn@curia.ucc.ie>
Subject: Re: space
In-reply-to: <v03007805ae6c0a2fc6ef@[205.149.180.135]> (message from Walter Ian
To: walter@natural-innovations.com
Cc: www-html@w3.org, www-style@w3.org
Message-id: <199609231413.PAA02445@curia.ucc.ie>
[ISOpub entities]
None of those are usable for computer source code, however. In source
code, a specific number of space characters can be vital to the correct
functioning of the program! Currently, HTML is unusable as a means of
transmitting source code; other content types must be used instead.
<pre> will replicate its content untouched in all browsers I know.
But yes, it's the wrong tool to use for sending source code. Zipped
or tarred/gzipped files are a much better idea.
///Peter